Harold and Bella, Jammy and I

It's currently in vogue to recount your childhood and here's Lesson's experience rural Cheshire, just pre-World War II --- told in interconnected short stories. Best read aloud rather than for individuals, I reckon anecdotes to inspire recollections from the audience rather than fully-structured beginning/middle/and pieces (several abrupt conclusions are somewhat anti-climactic). And the cover, though it suits the book, might not draw a queue. Short, simple, often amusing, occasionally touching --- if you've succeeded with John Griffin's Midlands village (Skulker Wheat) or Naughton's Bolton (Dog Called Nelson) you might try this too. None match Jan Mark's Coronation Mob though (Jubilee Jackanory, BBC).